Willoughby Baynes Huddleston

Commander Willoughby Baynes Huddleston CMG (1866-1953) was a Commander in the Royal Indian Marine and Aide-de-Camp to Lord Pentland, Governor of Madras (1912–19).[1][2][3] He held the position of Presidency Port Officer, Madras.[1]

Commander

Willoughby Baynes Huddleston

CMG
Commander W.B. Huddleston CMG
Born1866
Died1 May 1953
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Indian Marine
RankCommander
AwardsCMG
Stanhope Gold Medal

Career

Huddleston was born in 1866, the third son of Major Graham Egerton Huddleston and Amelia Frances Sophia (née Batten).[4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and HMS Conway.[2]

Huddleston entered the Royal Indian Marine in 1887 and was involved in the Marine Survey of India (1888–93). In 1891 he was awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a seaman from shark infested waters off the Bay of Bengal.[2][5]

In 1904, Huddleston became a Commander in the Royal Indian Marine. He commanded RIMS Dufferin on the occasion of the Coronation of King George V (Coronation Medal).[2]

Huddleston was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Pentland who was Governor of Madras (1912–19). During World War I he served as Principal Marine Transport Officer, Mesopotamia (1915) to the fall of Kut-al-amara where he was mentioned in despatches three times and made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[2]

Family life

Huddleston was the brother of Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston and the uncle of Archbishop Trevor Huddleston.[5] He married Mary Lawrence, daughter of Sir John Strachey GCSI, CIE. He died on 1 May 1953 and was survived by one daughter.[2]

References
  1. Obituary in The Times, Captain W.B. Huddleston, 5 May 1953, p.8
  2. Who’s Who 1935, Published by A&C Black Limited, 1935
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31837/page/3680/data.pdf
  4. "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. "Trevor Huddleston". google.com. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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